Sentences with phrase «implemented environmental tax»

Germany, a leader in tax shifting, has implemented environmental tax reform in several stages by lowering income taxes and raising energy taxes.

Not exact matches

Specific policies include encouraging job creation and innovation in the new energy economy; improving the fairness of employment standards (including re-establishing the National Minimum Wage; reversing «tax giveaways» to corporations; introducing and maintaining balanced budgets; protecting Canadians from «price gouging» by businesses; implementing income stabilization programs for farmers; promoting long - term economic and environmental sustainability of marine and forestry resources; and re-investing in education, skills training and apprenticeships to help Canadians succeed in the economy.

In an increasing array of matters, a partial Europeanization has taken place which is not only insufficient but also the source of intractable problems: for instance, the liberalization of the exchanges of goods, services and capitals has been implemented without a parallel harmonization of social, tax and environmental standards.

This is an environmental protection tax implemented by the local government.

Our carbon dividend strategy has four interrelated elements that account for its strength: a gradually rising and revenue - neutral carbon tax; carbon dividend payments made equally to all Americans, to be funded using all the carbon - tax revenue; rollback of costly command - and - control regulations that were implemented because the environmental costs of carbon fuels have not been incorporated into their price; and border adjustment to ensure a level playing field and U.S. competitiveness.

There may be another reason for the delay - an interagency tussle between the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Environmental Protection, NDRC, and perhaps even big state - owned energy companies, on just how such a tax should be implemented.

In response to skepticism expressed by a journalist at yesterday's press conference as to the political feasibility of such taxes and other measure mentioned above, Dr. Yang Fuqiang of the Energy Foundation and one of the leading co-authors of the report pointed out that the Ministry of Finance is already currently studying the feasibility of implementing a whole range of energy, environmental and carbon taxes.